Once the land of gold seekers and adventurers, California came to be known as one of the major wine producers in the world. While the more traditional wine experts would say that French wines have no real competitor, Californian wines enjoy a great popularity among the average wine consumers. The wine and wineries in California represent far more than a product: they are a major attraction in this sunny state, and people would travel for thousands of miles just to have the chance to taste Ca... [ read more ]
California has always been a land of opportunities (just think of the Gold Rush, Hollywood, Silicon Valley enterprises) which is why it also attracted the most diverse people. After adventurers and gold seekers in the 19th century became the first European settlers of California, the promise of fame and fortune has attracted immigrants from all over the world.Getting a taste of Californian cuisine is like eating diversity on bread. With influences from both the neighboring Mexico and the A... [ read more ]
The savor of traditional Southern cuisine and the hot Mexican sauces: this seems to be, in essence, the success recipe of Tex-Mex cuisine. This variety of southern cuisine was born sometime in the first part of the 20th century – food historians claim 1940 to be the official birth date of Tex-Mex, or rather of the phrase defining it. While remaining faithful to the cooking methods, and, to some exempt, the ingredients of Texan cuisine, Tex-Mex has imported lots of elements from the nationa... [ read more ]
